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The Arts: SOURCES
• Listen to contemporary powwow music, such as A Tribe Called Snache, I. (2005). Rama First
Red’s “Electric Pow Wow Drum.” Compare to more traditional Nation Ojibwe Language
Dictionary. Chippewas of Rama.
powwow music.
Ogemawahj Tribal Council.
• Write a persuasive letter to a friend inviting them to join you for
(2019). Beausoleil First Nation
powwow. Detail why they should come. Resource Book. Nelson.
• Create posters advertising the upcoming Island in the Great Lakes Pow-Wow Guide.
This guide is published annually
Sun powwow.
by the Anishinabek Nation. It
• Invite an Indigenous artisan in to teach a simple version of one of lists the powwow dates
and details for the year and
the crafts sold during the powwow.
provides information about
Science and Technology: Create a digital version of the powwow dance styles (page 19) as
well as powwow glossary
big book that students have created. Videotape the class doing the
and etiquette (page 20); link
dances. Share with other classes.
on the weblinks list.
Mathematics: Graph the steps for a dance or the pattern that is part of
SUGGESTIONS FOR
regalia. Learn to count to 10 in Anishinaabemowin.
FURTHER READING/
VIEWING
CBC Kids Online overview of
powwows, suitable for primary
students. Done in a question
and answer format with photos;
link on weblinks list
CBC Kids Online overview
of hoop dancing, suitable
for primary students. Done
in a question and answer
format with photos; link on
weblinks list
CBC Kids Online overview of
regalia, suitable for primary
students. Done in a question
and answer format with photos;
link on weblinks list
Video of the 2018 Beausoleil
First Nation Island in the Sun
powwow; link on weblinks list
A picture book overview of
contemporary powwows.
Includes description,
etiquette, games:
Boyden, L. (2007). Powwow’s
Coming. University of New
Mexico Press.
Ancona, G. Powwow. (1993).
HMH Books for Young Readers.
Leitich Smith, C. (2000). Jingle
Dancer. William Morrow.

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